On Tuesday 8 April, 171 people rescued by EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support disembarked in the port of Naples. They were rescued from boats in distress in three separate operations conducted in the international waters of the Library SAR zone on Saturday 5 April: two overcrowded rubber dinghies with deflated tubes on which […]

The Place of Safety (POS) assigned to EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support has been changed following a request by the NGO over a drastic worsening of sea conditions. The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Rome has assigned Naples as the new port of disembarkation. Life Support is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday […]

On 5 April 2025, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support performed three separate rescue operations, each involving one boat in distress, in the international waters of the Libyan SAR zone. In total, Life Support rescued 215 people. “Upon receiving the first report, we promptly headed towards the boat in distress. We found it taking […]

On Friday, 21 March 2025, an explosion took place in a market in Grishk, in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, just one hour north of Lashkar-Gah. Immediately following the explosion, two ambulances were sent from EMERGENCY’s nearby First Aid Posts in Shoraki and Nad Ali to enable prompt transfers to the NGO’s Surgical Centre in Lashkar-Gah. […]

21 March 2025 – At 23:00 on 20 March, the 35 people rescued by EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support disembarked in the Italian port of La Spezia. The rescued people had been travelling on an overcrowded dinghy that was taking on water, and were brought to safety on Monday 17 March with a […]

18 March 2025 — Following the attacks last night in the Gaza Strip, EMERGENCY has temporarily suspended the movement of its personnel pending a better understanding of how to guarantee the safety of its national and international colleagues. As a result, activities at the Primary Healthcare Clinic in al-Qarara (Khan Younis), first opened in January […]

The sea rescue organizations EMERGENCY, Louise Michel, Mediterranea Saving Humans, Sea-Watch, SOS Humanity, and SOS MEDITERRANEE, are ready to join the criminal trial in the Cutro shipwreck to act as a civil party. The trial seeks justice for the shipwreck that occurred off the coast of Calabria, Italy, on February 25-26 2023. The alliance calls […]

At least one person has died and five injured following an explosion in Kabul PD 9, at 9:30am local time on Thursday, 13 February. Six patients have been received at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre in Kabul, four of whom remain seriously injured. One man has died from his injuries. “We received six patients at our Kabul […]

EMERGENCY has opened a new primary healthcare clinic in the Gaza Strip, in al-Qarara (Khan Younis), within the so-called ‘humanitarian zone’ defined by Israeli forces at the beginning of the conflict. The clinic, operating in a catchment area of 10,000 people, provides first aid, basic medical and surgical care for both adults and children, outpatient […]